That's right, Liu Zixuan didn't attack but ran around to the other side. He wanted to test the speed of this wolf-headed, lion-bodied monster!
When he started running, the wolf-headed, lion-bodied monster quickly followed behind. Its speed was not slow as Huzi described, but it was almost catching up to Liu Zixuan.
Liu Zixuan knew Huzi's speed and was somewhat familiar with his cultivation technique.
Just now, Liu Zixuan's one palm strike forced the monster to a halt and it didn't dare to rush forward and bite randomly. If Huzi had gone all out, he could have also made the monster afraid to advance easily and wouldn't have ended up covered in injuries.
So, summarizing the above, there are only two possibilities.
Either this wolf-headed, lion-bodied monster did not fully try to kill Huzi earlier and was just toying with him.
Or, Huzi lied!
